Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-19

south instead Of hoastinR Of its present
| prosperity, how much good he might
have done II, like the brave and nooll
hearfed General Gordon, be ha3 con
fease6 in sorrow and humiliation that
1 despite all its ambitisns and Efforts. tn
burden Of the great unciyilixed YES atll
heavier than The south was able 10 bear
Northern visitors vsald not. in 10
future, be 90 shocked and disappointed
as they must now inevitably be IL theJ
come down hare and make personal ob
servation Of the hala which he q
aitraotigely CLOSES over. he claims
that So0theKaers have learned that onl
Northern immigrant Is worth hfty
foreigners. But IN this conneoti0n i
may be said thai there il one class o.
immigrants from the North. and NOR
especially from the NoFtheast. and tba
same New Enaland which is appland-
ing him that the South does not appre
ciake or welcome. On the other hand
it is deeply pfeiodioed against Is. Neg
iect and entire social osfraeism, II no
open scoFn, are au that the S0uth hal
for this class. IL ia not as Absndant Il
the sonth ss Il might and ought TO be
buf this fact 10 not due te the undeslr-
able treatment it receives, or to the In,
hospitsble attitude Of the Southern
States regarding its arrival here. Ia
scarcity OF Representatives is due TO the
lack Of Information In the North con
ceEnin0 the overwhelming necessity
fer snoh immigration. The writer hav-
ine widely interviewed and studied this
class, ventures to assert that we're there
even q dim rsooRnition Of the national
advantages TO be gained By more gen.
eFal Influx ef Il from the North u
would accept and endure all the martyr
dom Implied for the sake Of the 0enifi-
cent Fesults 20 be achieved. Il there
any difficulty IN Guessing 10 what class
Of Northern immiQration the above re.
fefences ser nader Surely not IN case
the prevalent system Of nearo education
extends beysnd the mere facts cited in
Southern newspapers Or By Mr.. Grady.
The treatment Of Northern teachers OF
beth sexes IN colored schools 1t the
hands OF Southern politicians. citizens
IN general. rtligionists Of all denomin-
ations (even those TO which these teack-
ers individually belong), 10 . disgrace
TO the new South. Illustrations OF this
fact might be multiplied. And not
only are such missionaries anthanked
BY the Southern people for canning 70
their relief, but everything Is done thsl
possibly can be done to annoy them
personally and retard their Efforts 70
uplift the beniRhted race. Many Of
These anneyances, however, are eeasinR.
Bat the hostility IN attitude still re-
mains.
An educator Of no little prominenoe
10 the South, and whose mind Is Just,
wherever his sympathies may lie. re-
ferrinR to Mr.. Grady's speech, said in
the presence Of the writer: That sen.
senee Of his Mr.. GFady'sl with regard
70 the relations of the Southern people
and the negro being CLOSE and cordial,
rather amused me- No doubs the re-
iations that be deems just close enough
to suit the Southern men are far SOC
close to suit the negro. The. negro Il
rather Inclined TO dislntangle bis lnter.
ests and keep them separate from thost
whose coFdiaiity lessons as his knew
ledge OF life, liberty and the pursuit Of
intellectual happine-a increases. 81
long as the colored people are eoniented
| 10 be house servants or farm hands they
fare loved and praised. Bot the negroes
who aspire to do 30 1t the cost OF anec-
ton receive no words OF encourage
ment as they advance in learning and
acqaire Independence Of character. fhs
Northern people Who live In the south
secretly approve Of negro education,
and covtrtly bid the dusky tRdividnalE
Of their acquaintance God speed 10
scholarly and caltured lines, but under
the inhaence Of Southern pre- juaice even
the Northern people of the South In
many oases lack the courage 70 minels
With the N. t's.'" "NiQgsr teachers
are thus specified in the South. They
sometimes oondescsnd 20 take them 0ui
10 drive in close carriages, call 1p0n
them on days when they are supposed
to be absent, and ere qnite apt 10 be
cut when visits are returned, and shou
such n. t's.' as happen to belong te
their own church only sach attention ~
can be bestowed aurreptitioualy and
without compromising their own social
position"
Newman, In Harry James novel,
'sThe American" said. II didn't know
had q social position, and II ! have ]
hsvsn't the smallest IDEA what IL is
| Isn't q social position kR0win9 some
tws, three OF four thousand people and
| inviting them 70 dinnerw Persons In
| the south with this peculiar kind Of %.
cial position would not dare invite. sven
| among % promisonous gathering 81
their dear 500 fFiends would form, q
single lady or Reatlsman among the
n. 1's" haiiina tr0n The North.
And yet, compared with the worh
which Northern men and vomen are
doing In the south u this mos1 import
ant of all features of educatton hsre, oI
/ IL the whOls United States, heW msaeeI
are ths efforts made BY native SoatheFn-
/ era In this field7 To bow vast IN extenl
are they not Indebted 20 these same Dc
perityg Some Of the nobiest, most 90
complishsd and certainly most conse
Grated wsmen Of the Nav knRlanc
States, under difllsalties that oannot b.
estimated, 10 the fsce 81 danger anG
under circumstances OF tbs greatest &c
pFivatioB and In spirit Of cheerful mar
tyrdsm that sanosihes their faces ana
renders divineiy patieut thsiF speecl
sad ways. ere today p1rsuinR their u
hurs IN the S0nth and elsvetinR thl
freedmen without money and vtthou
pFice Of theiF own--yst receiving fFou
the ''chivalric oligarchy" only siien
oonie9pt or the most boliow courtesy
lOf ooarss, there are instances Q
thorough appreciation and e0-OpeFa
tion. But these are tie sxceptions an
not the rule. THIS 10 Q fact that no en-
familiar with the new South and Il
faults oan dispute. If would have bee
exceedingly graceful In Mr.. Grady I
have given New England . tribute q
passing pFaiss for ssnding s0ushUard 4
. large number Of its best and trueI
!. nsn anA women. - heip IN pfaeticaiI
solving one Of its s8osi important an
knotty pFObiema. And what . ohsns
be had 20 aid IN recruiting the Fsnl
I. which fwith thousands apou thousand
. sf atiIl untnuzht negroes 10 city saburl
and scattered ever vast cotton distFiol
whom she white psopie of the S0ul
/. bave n0t yet even beg1u 80 feel "a Il
/. tsresi IN for any bat chaitsi purpossi
aannos possibly Be filed tso rspim
; The writer dses not mean % convey q
idea ths1 tha Distinguished yoaE
ssutheruex, Henry W. 3Fady, shoul
have eondssoendsd 70 dwell upoa Il
! above thsme 10 any arsai extent IN B
Z Reu Eneiand socisfy addfesss Bat
J | boasIfuf rather than modest aud beoon
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